webpack to also watch node modules for hot reloading is not working

问题

I am using npm link in our main application to point to the submodules packages. npm link is working fine for me,I want to add one more feature as soon as the references place through npm link gets updated reload the app as there would be some updates in submodules packages

I am following this StackOverflow Question

I have updated the file node_modules/watchpack/lib/DirectoryWatcher.js with followSymlinks: true,

added watchOptions to webpack.dev.babel.js

watchOptions: {
    ignored: [
    /node_modules([\\]+|\/)+(?!cookie)/,
    /cookie([\\]+|\/)node_modules/    
]},

After this, if I am trying to make changes in cookie node-modules the webpack is not hot reloading.

Here is my

/**
 * DEVELOPMENT WEBPACK CONFIGURATION
 */

const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const webpack = require('webpack');
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
const CircularDependencyPlugin = require('circular-dependency-plugin');
const logger = require('../../server/logger');
const cheerio = require('cheerio');
const pkg = require(path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'package.json'));
const dllPlugin = pkg.dllPlugin;

const plugins = [
  new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(), // Tell webpack we want hot reloading
  new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin(),
  new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
    inject: true, // Inject all files that are generated by webpack, e.g. bundle.js
    templateContent: templateContent(), // eslint-disable-line no-use-before-define
  }),
  new CircularDependencyPlugin({
    exclude: /a\.js|node_modules/, // exclude node_modules
    failOnError: false, // show a warning when there is a circular dependency
  }),
];

module.exports = require('./webpack.base.babel')({
  // Add hot reloading in development
  entry: [
    'eventsource-polyfill', // Necessary for hot reloading with IE
    'webpack-hot-middleware/client?reload=true',
    path.join(process.cwd(), 'app/app.js'), // Start with js/app.js
  ],

  watchOptions: {
      ignored: [
        /node_modules([\\]+|\/)+(?!cookie)/,
        /cookie([\\]+|\/)node_modules/
      ]
    },

  // Don't use hashes in dev mode for better performance
  output: {
    filename: '[name].js',
    chunkFilename: '[name].chunk.js',
  },

  // Add development plugins
  plugins: dependencyHandlers().concat(plugins), // eslint-disable-line no-use-before-define

  // Tell babel that we want to hot-reload
  babelQuery: {
    // require.resolve solves the issue of relative presets when dealing with
    // locally linked packages. This is an issue with babel and webpack.
    // See https://github.com/babel/babel-loader/issues/149 and
    // https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/1866
    presets: ['babel-preset-react-hmre'].map(require.resolve),
  },

  // Emit a source map for easier debugging
  devtool: 'cheap-module-eval-source-map',

  performance: {
    hints: false,
  },
});

/**
 * Select which plugins to use to optimize the bundle's handling of
 * third party dependencies.
 *
 * If there is a dllPlugin key on the project's package.json, the
 * Webpack DLL Plugin will be used.  Otherwise the CommonsChunkPlugin
 * will be used.
 *
 */
function dependencyHandlers() {
  // Don't do anything during the DLL Build step
  if (process.env.BUILDING_DLL) { return []; }

  // If the package.json does not have a dllPlugin property, use the CommonsChunkPlugin
  if (!dllPlugin) {
    return [
      new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
        name: 'vendor',
        children: true,
        minChunks: 2,
        async: true,
      }),
    ];
  }

  const dllPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), dllPlugin.path || 'node_modules/react-boilerplate-dlls');

  /**
   * If DLLs aren't explicitly defined, we assume all production dependencies listed in package.json
   * Reminder: You need to exclude any server side dependencies by listing them in dllConfig.exclude
   */
  if (!dllPlugin.dlls) {
    const manifestPath = path.resolve(dllPath, 'reactBoilerplateDeps.json');

    if (!fs.existsSync(manifestPath)) {
      logger.error('The DLL manifest is missing. Please run `npm run build:dll`');
      process.exit(0);
    }

    return [
      new webpack.DllReferencePlugin({
        context: process.cwd(),
        manifest: require(manifestPath), // eslint-disable-line global-require
      }),
    ];
  }

  // If DLLs are explicitly defined, we automatically create a DLLReferencePlugin for each of them.
  const dllManifests = Object.keys(dllPlugin.dlls).map((name) => path.join(dllPath, `/${name}.json`));

  return dllManifests.map((manifestPath) => {
    if (!fs.existsSync(path)) {
      if (!fs.existsSync(manifestPath)) {
        logger.error(`The following Webpack DLL manifest is missing: ${path.basename(manifestPath)}`);
        logger.error(`Expected to find it in ${dllPath}`);
        logger.error('Please run: npm run build:dll');

        process.exit(0);
      }
    }

    return new webpack.DllReferencePlugin({
      context: process.cwd(),
      manifest: require(manifestPath), // eslint-disable-line global-require
    });
  });
}

/**
 * We dynamically generate the HTML content in development so that the different
 * DLL Javascript files are loaded in script tags and available to our application.
 */
function templateContent() {
  const html = fs.readFileSync(
    path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'app/index.html')
  ).toString();

  if (!dllPlugin) { return html; }

  const doc = cheerio(html);
  const body = doc.find('body');
  const dllNames = !dllPlugin.dlls ? ['reactBoilerplateDeps'] : Object.keys(dllPlugin.dlls);

  dllNames.forEach((dllName) => body.append(`<script data-dll='true' src='/${dllName}.dll.js'></script>`));

  return doc.toString();
}

webpack.base.babel

/**
 * COMMON WEBPACK CONFIGURATION
 */
const path = require('path');
const webpack = require('webpack');
module.exports = (options) => ({
  entry: options.entry,
  output: Object.assign({ // Compile into js/build.js
    path: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'build'),
    publicPath: '/',
  }, options.output), // Merge with env dependent settings
  module: {
    loaders: [{
      test: /\.js$/, // Transform all .js files required somewhere with Babel
      loader: 'babel-loader',
      exclude: [/node_modules/, /styles/],
      query: options.babelQuery,
    }, {
      // Do not transform vendor's CSS with CSS-modules
      // The point is that they remain in global scope.
      // Since we require these CSS files in our JS or CSS files,
      // they will be a part of our compilation either way.
      // So, no need for ExtractTextPlugin here.
      test: /\.css$/,
      include: [/node_modules/, /styles/],
      loaders: ['style-loader', 'css-loader'],
    },
    {
      test: /\.less$/,
      include: [/node_modules/, /styles/],
      loaders: ['style-loader', 'css-loader'],
    }, {
      test: /\.(eot|svg|ttf|woff|woff2)$/,
      include: [/node_modules/, /styles/],
      loader: 'file-loader',
    }, {
      test: /\.(jpg|png|gif|svg)$/,
      loaders: [
        'file-loader',
        {
          loader: 'image-webpack-loader',
          query: {
            progressive: true,
            optimizationLevel: 7,
            interlaced: false,
            pngquant: {
              quality: '65-90',
              speed: 4,
            },
          },
        },
      ],
    }, {
      test: /\.html$/,
      loader: 'html-loader',
    }, {
      test: /\.json$/,
      loader: 'json-loader',
    }, {
      test: /\.(mp4|webm)$/,
      loader: 'url-loader',
      query: {
        limit: 10000,
      },
    }],
  },
  plugins: options.plugins.concat([
    new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
      // make fetch available
      fetch: 'exports-loader?self.fetch!whatwg-fetch',
    }),
    // Always expose NODE_ENV to webpack, in order to use `process.env.NODE_ENV`
    // inside your code for any environment checks; UglifyJS will automatically
    // drop any unreachable code.
    new webpack.DefinePlugin({
      'process.env': {
        NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify(process.env.NODE_ENV),
        OUR_AUTH_VAR: JSON.stringify(process.env.OUR_AUTH_VAR),
      },
    }),
    new webpack.NamedModulesPlugin(),
    new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin(/\.\/locale$/, null, false, /js$/),
    // new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/\.\/locale$/),
  ]),
  resolve: {
    modules: ['app', 'node_modules'],
    extensions: [
      '.js',
      '.jsx',
      '.react.js',
    ],
    mainFields: [
      'browser',
      'jsnext:main',
      'main',
    ],
    alias: {
        'react': path.resolve('./node_modules/react')
      }
  },
  devtool: options.devtool,
  target: 'web', // Make web variables accessible to webpack, e.g. window
  performance: options.performance || {},
});

Thanks in advance